diff --git a/src/DogStatsd.php b/src/DogStatsd.php
index 2abb59b..92d87da 100644
--- a/src/DogStatsd.php
+++ b/src/DogStatsd.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace DataDog;
 
 use DataDog\OriginDetection;
+use Exception;
 
 /**
  * Datadog implementation of StatsD
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ class DogStatsd
      * @var string The container ID field, used for origin detection
      */
     private $containerID;
+    /**
+     * @var (callable(\Throwable, string))|null The closure which is executed when there is a failure flushing metrics.
+     */
+    private $flushFailureHandler = null;
 
     // Telemetry
     private $disable_telemetry;
@@ -85,7 +90,8 @@ class DogStatsd
      * metric_prefix,
      * disable_telemetry,
      * container_id,
-     * origin_detecion
+     * origin_detection
+     * flush_failure_handler
      *
      * @param array{
      *     host?: string,
@@ -98,7 +104,8 @@ class DogStatsd
      *     metric_prefix?: string,
      *     disable_telemetry?: bool,
      *     container_id?: string,
-     *     origin_detection?: bool
+     *     origin_detection?: bool,
+     *     flush_failure_handler?: callable
      * } $config
      */
     public function __construct(array $config = array())
@@ -180,6 +187,10 @@ public function __construct(array $config = array())
 
         $containerID = isset($config["container_id"]) ? $config["container_id"] : "";
         $this->containerID = $originDetection->getContainerID($containerID, $originDetectionEnabled);
+
+        $this->flushFailureHandler = isset($config['flush_failure_handler'])
+            ? $config['flush_failure_handler']
+            : null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -643,24 +654,29 @@ public function report($message)
         $this->flush($message);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws \Exception|\Throwable
+     */
     public function flush($message)
     {
         $message .= $this->flushTelemetry();
 
-        // Non - Blocking UDP I/O - Use IP Addresses!
-        if (!is_null($this->socketPath)) {
-            $socket = socket_create(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-        } elseif (filter_var($this->host, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV6)) {
-            $socket = socket_create(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
-        } else {
-            $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
-        }
-        socket_set_nonblock($socket);
-
-        if (!is_null($this->socketPath)) {
-            $res = socket_sendto($socket, $message, strlen($message), 0, $this->socketPath);
-        } else {
-            $res = socket_sendto($socket, $message, strlen($message), 0, $this->host, $this->port);
+        try {
+            $res = $this->writeToSocket($message);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            if ($this->flushFailureHandler === null) {
+                throw $e;
+            } else {
+                call_user_func($this->flushFailureHandler, $e, $message);
+                $res = false;
+            }
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            if ($this->flushFailureHandler === null) {
+                throw $e;
+            } else {
+                call_user_func($this->flushFailureHandler, $e, $message);
+                $res = false;
+            }
         }
 
         if ($res !== false) {
@@ -671,10 +687,41 @@ public function flush($message)
             $this->bytes_dropped += strlen($message);
             $this->packets_dropped += 1;
         }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $message
+     * @return false|int
+     * @throws \Exception|\Throwable
+     */
+    protected function writeToSocket($message)
+    {
+        try {
+            // Non - Blocking UDP I/O - Use IP Addresses!
+            if (!is_null($this->socketPath)) {
+                $socket = socket_create(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+            } elseif (filter_var($this->host, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV6)) {
+                $socket = socket_create(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
+            } else {
+                $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
+            }
+            socket_set_nonblock($socket);
 
-        socket_close($socket);
+            if (!is_null($this->socketPath)) {
+                $res = socket_sendto($socket, $message, strlen($message), 0, $this->socketPath);
+            } else {
+                $res = socket_sendto($socket, $message, strlen($message), 0, $this->host, $this->port);
+            }
+
+            return $res;
+        } finally {
+            if (isset($socket)) {
+                socket_close($socket);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
+
      /**
      * Formats $vals array into event for submission to Datadog via UDP
      *
diff --git a/tests/TestHelpers/SocketSpy.php b/tests/TestHelpers/SocketSpy.php
index a3f1c33..18bbeb0 100644
--- a/tests/TestHelpers/SocketSpy.php
+++ b/tests/TestHelpers/SocketSpy.php
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class SocketSpy
      */
     public $returnErrorOnSend = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @var null|callable
+     */
+    public $errorThrownOnSend = null;
+
     /**
      * @param int $domain
      * @param int $type
@@ -88,6 +93,10 @@ public function socketSendtoWasCalledWithArgs(
         $addr,
         $port
     ) {
+        if ($this->errorThrownOnSend !== null) {
+            call_user_func($this->errorThrownOnSend, $socket, $buf, $len, $flags);
+        }
+
         if ($this->returnErrorOnSend === true) {
           return false;
         }
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/DogStatsd/SocketsTest.php b/tests/UnitTests/DogStatsd/SocketsTest.php
index 79ce558..2580882 100644
--- a/tests/UnitTests/DogStatsd/SocketsTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnitTests/DogStatsd/SocketsTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace DataDog\UnitTests\DogStatsd;
 
 use DateTime;
+use ErrorException;
 use ReflectionProperty;
 use DataDog\DogStatsd;
 use DataDog\TestHelpers\SocketSpyTestCase;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ public function set_up()
         $this->oldOriginDetectionEnabled = getenv("DD_ORIGIN_DETECTION_ENABLED");
 
         putenv("DD_EXTERNAL_ENV");
+        $this->getSocketSpy()->errorThrownOnSend = null;
     }
 
     protected function tear_down() {
@@ -349,7 +351,7 @@ public function testMicrotiming()
     public function testGauge()
     {
         $this->disableOriginDetectionLinux();
-        
+
         $stat = 'some.gauge_metric';
         $value = 5;
         $sampleRate = 1.0;
@@ -1500,6 +1502,28 @@ public function testTelemetryNetworkError()
         $this->assertSameWithTelemetry('', $this->getSocketSpy()->argsFromSocketSendtoCalls[1][1], "", array("bytes_sent" => 677, "packets_sent" => 1, "metrics" => 0));
     }
 
+    public function testCustomSocketFailureHandler()
+    {
+        $this->disableOriginDetectionLinux();
+
+        $errorStore = null;
+        $dog = new DogStatsd(array("disable_telemetry" => false, "flush_failure_handler" => function ($err) use (&$errorStore) {
+            $errorStore = $err;
+        }));
+
+        $this->getSocketSpy()->errorThrownOnSend = function () {
+            trigger_error(
+                'ErrorException: socket_sendto(): Unable to write to socket [111]: Connection refused',
+                E_USER_WARNING
+            );
+        };
+        $dog->increment('test');
+        $this->assertNotNull($errorStore);
+        $this->getSocketSpy()->errorThrownOnSend = null;
+        $dog->flush('');
+        $this->assertSameWithTelemetry('', $this->getSocketSpy()->argsFromSocketSendtoCalls[0][1], "", array("bytes_dropped" => 673, "packets_sent" => 0, "metrics" => 1, 'packets_dropped' => 1));
+    }
+
     public function testDecimalNormalization()
     {
         $this->disableOriginDetectionLinux();